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IlIl J IN VEN T0R.S` WALTER PFLUEQER BY HENRY AUGENSTEIN MMM/ig United States -Patent O COMB Walter Pliueger and Henry Augenstein, Newark, N. Application July 18, 19755, Serial No. 522,739 vz Ciaims. (cl. 132-135) rI`his invention relates to combs, such as disclosed in our pending application Serial No. 469,880.1iled November 19, 1954.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a comb having stationary teeth suiciently spaced apartfto permit rotatable intermediate'teeth to be swung out of line with the stationary teeth to vary the distance between' the teeth and the comb and to facilitate the combing of knotted portions of the hair.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a comb of the above type wherein the distance between the teeth may be varied permitting the comb to be iirst used for aligning the hair andy thereafter to vbe combed.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a sectional comb which may be readily assembled and disassembled.

A further object of the invention is to provide a comb having a fixed comb section and a removable comb section in nested relation.

Yet another object of the invention is to provide a comb with a iixed comb section and a removable swingable comb section with novel means 'for interlocking Ythe comb sections together.

1t is further proposed to provide a comb of this kind that is sanitary and attractive vin appearance.

Other objects of the present invention are to provide ice tending downwardly and continuing into integrally formed end stationary teeth 13, 13, substantially as illustrated. The recess 11 extends beyond the inner edges of the teeth 13, 13 thereby forming shoulders 14, 14 on said teeth, said shoulders preferably being curved as shown in Fig. 5.

As shown in Fig. 6, the lower longitudinal edges of the side portions 10, 10 are connected by integrally formed teeth 15, the teeth being evenly spaced providing open ings 16 at Vthe bottom of the side portions 10, 10. The teeth 15 at their upper ends are formed with semicircular recesses providing seats 17. The teeth 15 are of equal an adjustable comb bearing the above objects in vmind v e be had to the following description and accompanying.

drawings, and to the appended claims in which the various novel features of the invention are more particularly set forth.

In the accompanying drawings forming a material part of this disclosure:

Fig. l is a front elevational view of a comb embodying our invention.

Fig. 2 is a part elevationalV and part sectional view thereof, and parts being shown broken away, on an enlarged scale.v v

Fig. 3 is a disassembled perspective view of the back portion and swingable section of the comb.

Fig. 4 is a top plan view of the iixed section of the comb. p

Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional view taken substantially on the plane ofthe line 5-5 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 6 is a vertical sectional view taken onthe plane of the line 6 6 of Fig. 2.

Referring now more vin detail to the drawings, the comb includes a fixed comb section having a pair of elongated side portions 10, 10 laterally spaced apart forming a recess 11 therebetween and being open at the top. The recess is closed at its opposite ends by integral end closure portions 12, 12, the end closure portions exlength thereby providing a straight edge therealong.

A swingable and removable 'comb section is adapted to Ybe nested in the iixed comb section and includes an" elongated shaft 18, circular in crossv section, and integral teeth 19 depending therefrom as shown in Fig. 3. The teeth are spaced evenly but gradually decrease in length from the center teeth to the end teeth thereby dening a slightly arcuate-shaped edge. At each end, shaft 18 extends beyond the adjacent end tooth and is cut away to form a slanting shoulder 20 and a semicircular trunnon 21 with a flat upper surface providing a seat 22.

The swingable comb section is insertable through the open top of the side portions 10, 10 and through the recess 11, its teeth 19 passing through the openings 16 in the bottom of the side portions 10, 10 to a position between the teeth 15 on the fixed comb section as shown in Fig. 2. When in this nested position, shaft 18 is supported on the seats 17 at the top of the teeth 15 with the curved edges of the trunnions 21 seated on the curved shoulders 14 on the end teeth 13, as shown invFig. 2. When the sections are thus nested, the teeth 19 extend slightly beyond the teeth 15 as shown in Fig. 2.

Aback portion 23 is adapted to seat on the upper edges of the side and end portions 10 and 12, respectively, and to plug up the recess 11. The back portion is substantially conical in cross section, with a continuous beaded portion 24 therearound, and with a depending extension 25, rectangular in cross section. The beaded portion 24 serves as a finger piece for gripping the back portion. Extension 25 is slotted from each outer end to a point remote from its center as indicated at 26, the slotl 26 being wedge-shaped to form a springy tapered finger member 27, with its outer thin end portion formed with an integral nose portion 28 extending downwardly as seen in Fig. 3. The inner edge of the nose portion 28 is slanted as indicated at 29. The central unslotted portion of the extension is formed withV spaced protuberances 30 on both sides thereof. I

The back portion 23 is insertible through the recess 11 between the side portions 10, 10, with the nose portions 28 of the extension 25 riding inwardly along the slanting shoulders 20 on shaft 18, said nose portions coming to rest on the seats 22 on the trunnions 21. Continued inward pressure will cause the spring finger mem bers 27 to yield, permitting the protuberances 30 toy snap into spaced'depressions 31 formed on the inner surfaces of the side portions 10, 10 thereby interlocking the back portion in position.

The nose portions 28 prevent vertical displacement v shown in phantom in Fig. 6, the spaces between the teeth will become relatively wide. Thus, the comb may be rst used for aligning the hair between the stationary teeth 15 (the movable teeth 19 having been displaced angularly) and thereafter the hair may be combed upon the return of the movable teeth 19 to their initial position. lt will be noted that the displacement of the movable teeth 19 relative to the stationary teeth is automatic upon encountering tangled portions of the hair.

Upon removal of the back portion 23, the shaft i8 and its teeth i9 may be readily removed upwardly through the recess 11 between the side portions It), 16 in order to facilitate the cleaning of the teeth 15 and 19 as will be obvious.

The fixed and swingable sections of the comb will preferably be formed of plastic rubber or other suitable material. The beaded portion 24 of the back portion 23 may be of a color in contrast to the color of the back portion in order to readily identify it as a handle portion. The swingable comb section including the teeth 19 may also be of a color in contrast to the color of the stationary teeth 1S in order to identify said teeth. This contrast in colors also enhances the beauty of the appearance of the comb.

While we have illustrated and described the preferred embodiment of our invention, it is to be understood that we do not limit ourselves to the precise construction herein disclosed and that various changes and modifications may be made within the scope of the invention as dened in the appended claims.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by United States Letters Patent 1s:

1. A comb comprising a xed comb section and a removable and swingable comb section, said xed comb section having a hollow body portion open at the top and with spaced openings in the bottom, integral spaced teeth depending from the bottom of said body portion, said removable and swingable body section including a shaft rotatably mounted in the bottom of said hollow body portion, and integral teeth on said shaft extending through the openings in the bottom of the body portion and disposed between the teeth on the hollow body portion, and a back portion seated on said hollow body portion, and means carried by said back portion and body portion for interlocking the comb sections and back portion, said interlocking means including spring ,fingers on the back portion engageable with the shaft of the swingable section, and complementary and coacting protuberances and depressions on the back portion and body portion, respectively. v

2. A comb comprising a lixed combisection and a removable and swingable comb section, said iixed comb section having a hollow body portion open at the top and with spaced openings in the bottom, integral spaced teeth depending from the bottom of said body portion, said removable and swingable bodysection including a shaft rotatably mounted in the bottom of said hollow body portion, and integral teeth on said shaft extending through the openings in the bottom of the body portion and disposed between the teeth on the hollow body portion, and a back portion seated on said hollow body portion and having an extension adapted to plug the hollow body portion, andlmeans carried by said back portion and body portion for interlocking the comb sec tions and back portion, the ends of said shaft being shaped to form seats thereon, said interlocking means including spring fingers on the back portion, nose portions on the ends of said spring lingers interlocked with the seats on the shaft ends, and complementary and coacting protuberances and depressions on the back portion and body portion, respectively.

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